Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) payments in Alabama totaled $64.1 million in 2016
Counties in Alabama Receiving Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) payments, 2016
| Rank |
County |
Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC)
2016 | Pct of
Total | Running
Percentage |
| 1 | Houston County, Alabama | $10,803,498 | 16.8% | 16.8% |
| 2 | Geneva County, Alabama | $8,601,916 | 13.4% | 30.3% |
| 3 | Henry County, Alabama | $6,726,079 | 10.5% | 40.7% |
| 4 | Coffee County, Alabama | $5,820,523 | 9.1% | 49.8% |
| 5 | Baldwin County, Alabama | $5,244,934 | 8.2% | 58.0% |
| 6 | Dale County, Alabama | $3,804,596 | 5.9% | 63.9% |
| 7 | Escambia County, Alabama | $3,711,240 | 5.8% | 69.7% |
| 8 | Covington County, Alabama | $3,119,350 | 4.9% | 74.6% |
| 9 | Barbour County, Alabama | $2,991,491 | 4.7% | 79.2% |
| 10 | Monroe County, Alabama | $2,678,406 | 4.2% | 83.4% |
| 11 | Mobile County, Alabama | $1,770,995 | 2.8% | 86.2% |
| 12 | Pike County, Alabama | $1,746,657 | 2.7% | 88.9% |
| 13 | Dallas County, Alabama | $1,066,016 | 1.7% | 90.6% |
| 14 | Russell County, Alabama | $651,842 | 1.0% | 91.6% |
| 15 | Crenshaw County, Alabama | $617,571 | 1.0% | 92.5% |
| 16 | Bullock County, Alabama | $430,620 | 0.7% | 93.2% |
| 17 | Lawrence County, Alabama | $417,893 | 0.7% | 93.9% |
| 18 | Limestone County, Alabama | $405,623 | 0.6% | 94.5% |
| 19 | Washington County, Alabama | $399,296 | 0.6% | 95.1% |
| 20 | Butler County, Alabama | $396,151 | 0.6% | 95.7% |
| 21 | Colbert County, Alabama | $267,115 | 0.4% | 96.1% |
| 22 | Conecuh County, Alabama | $227,029 | 0.4% | 96.5% |
| 23 | Madison County, Alabama | $208,883 | 0.3% | 96.8% |
| 24 | Perry County, Alabama | $195,717 | 0.3% | 97.1% |
| 25 | Blount County, Alabama | $148,500 | 0.2% | 97.4% |
| 26 | Marengo County, Alabama | $145,793 | 0.2% | 97.6% |
| 27 | Lamar County, Alabama | $144,444 | 0.2% | 97.8% |
| 28 | Fayette County, Alabama | $144,397 | 0.2% | 98.0% |
| 29 | Lee County, Alabama | $131,460 | 0.2% | 98.2% |
| 30 | Marion County, Alabama | $101,482 | 0.2% | 98.4% |
| 31 | Cherokee County, Alabama | $98,222 | 0.2% | 98.6% |
| 32 | Franklin County, Alabama | $86,943 | 0.1% | 98.7% |
| 33 | Wilcox County, Alabama | $71,364 | 0.1% | 98.8% |
| 34 | Autauga County, Alabama | $71,269 | 0.1% | 98.9% |
| 35 | Clarke County, Alabama | $65,710 | 0.1% | 99.0% |
| 36 | Elmore County, Alabama | $60,210 | 0.1% | 99.1% |
| 37 | Montgomery County, Alabama | $57,372 | 0.1% | 99.2% |
| 38 | Hale County, Alabama | $54,866 | 0.1% | 99.3% |
| 39 | DeKalb County, Alabama | $50,955 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 40 | Macon County, Alabama | $50,490 | 0.1% | 99.4% |
| 41 | Pickens County, Alabama | $46,961 | 0.1% | 99.5% |
| 42 | Lowndes County, Alabama | $42,562 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 43 | Lauderdale County, Alabama | $37,117 | 0.1% | 99.6% |
| 44 | Greene County, Alabama | $34,582 | 0.1% | 99.7% |
| 45 | Marshall County, Alabama | $27,005 | 0.0% | 99.7% |
| 46 | Jackson County, Alabama | $26,602 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 47 | Tallapoosa County, Alabama | $25,810 | 0.0% | 99.8% |
| 48 | Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | $24,176 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 49 | Morgan County, Alabama | $21,443 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 50 | Sumter County, Alabama | $18,699 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 51 | Calhoun County, Alabama | $17,028 | 0.0% | 99.9% |
| 52 | Chambers County, Alabama | $10,611 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 53 | Etowah County, Alabama | $8,822 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 54 | Bibb County, Alabama | $5,558 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 55 | Cullman County, Alabama | $3,758 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 56 | Saint Clair County, Alabama | $3,141 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 57 | Talladega County, Alabama | $2,825 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 58 | Winston County, Alabama | $2,324 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 59 | Clay County, Alabama | $596 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 60 | Randolph County, Alabama | $343 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 61 | Cleburne County, Alabama | $258 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 62 | Chilton County, Alabama | $252 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| 63 | Choctaw County, Alabama | $78 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from USDA data.
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